Myanmar: scores reported killed on 'day of shame' for armed forces

More than 90 people - including boy as young as five - reportedly killed on one of the bloodiest days since coup

More than 90 people across Myanmar have been killed by security forces in one of the bloodiest days of protests since a military coup last month, news reports and witnesses said.

The lethal crackdown came on Armed Forces Day. Sen Gen Min Aung Hlaing, the junta leader, said during a parade in the capital, Naypyidaw, to mark the event that the military would protect the people and strive for democracy.